The Casting Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,581 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,581 Feet (1,701 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.94722, -119.27667
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Casting Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Casting Copper Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4409
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1914
Time Period: Up Till 1914
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5 Percentcu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: LENS, LARGE SKARN
Form: LENS, LARGE SKARN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Yerington Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Trending N 50 E Dipping 70 Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Albitic, Sericitic, Propylitic, Weak Potassic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IN A FRINGE POSITION RELATIVE TO THE ANDRADITE - CHALCOPYRITE SHARNS WITH MANY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS TO THE MASON VALLEY MINE ( RECORD NO. M035865 ) SECONDARY ENRICHMENT : CHALCOTITE, COVELLITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, AND COPPER CARBONATES.
Comment (Deposit): THE NEVADA COPPER BELT (NCB) DEAD-HEADED AT LUDWIG TO THE NORTH AND ALSO CARRIED ORE TO THE CASTING COPPER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN GARNETIZED META-SEDIMENTS AND LIMESTONE THAT HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY GRANDIORITE AND MONZONITE.
Comment (Location): 1 MILE SW OF LUDWIG MINE
Comment (Development): HISTORY: BEFORE 1914, 29,000 TONS WERE SHIPPED BUT NO DETAILS, WITH THE MAJOR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1916 TO 1919. ; ECON.COM: REPORTED TO TOTAL $ 4,265, 942.00
Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE, SHAFT DOWN TO 350 LEVEL, RAILROAD BED PASSES RIGHT THROUGH THE DUMPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 114 .
Reference (Deposit): EINAUDI, M. T., 1977, PETROGENISIS OF THE COPPER - BEARING SKARN AT THE MASON VALLEY MINE, YERINGTON DIST., NEV., ECON GEOL. VOL. 72 , NO. 5 .
Reference (Deposit): MORRE,J.S.,1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75.
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 7-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
